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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
1
A talking Amazon Tiger Bittern boasts of its beauty and strong beak while describing how a boy’s postcard picture of the bird circulated. Other birds laugh as children arrive, and the tale hints the boastful bird may be more show than substance.
The piece contrasts social call lengths from ten minutes to a half hour for a secretary’s tea routine, to afternoon visits for the bourgeois with knitting and coffee. It notes how different people shape call length and cites the quick exit of Jack Robinson as a comic example, linking the saying to timing.
In this column exploring superstitions, the author links a common belief that a cat may suck the breath of a sleeping infant to ancient Egyptian myth involving Isis, Osiris, and lunar symbolism. The piece traces breath as life and connects nocturnal feline danger to moon goddess lore.
Misa Talmadge born in Jersey City rose to fame after performing with sisters Constance and Natalie. She formed her own producing company in 1919 and starred in New York Nights, her first all talking picture based on Tin Pan Alley.
A Western newscaster notes that environment can shape life more than heredity since individuals control their surroundings. The piece warns against self pity, urges accountable thinking, and questions who is at fault for misfortune, hinting at social behavior and moral responsibility.
Fashion notes from Julia Bottomley recount satin and felt ensembles in spring evening wear. Millinery blends satin and felt with metal thread details, new brim silhouettes, and draped turbans. Taffeta returns in daytime and formal frocks with bold colors, molded bodices, and bouffant, flowery gowns for evening.
In a hotel blaze report a guest boasted of coolness and dressing while watching the fire. He joked about a necktie knot and lighting a cigarette saying he was calm. A bystander asked why he lacked pants, and prisoner No. 71128 quipped about three wives after a quip about a telephone complaint.
Two conversations contrast charm and practicality in romance. The First Girlie argues liking a man for virtue, while Second Girlie notes money and status matter. Gerald remarks on compliments masking lack of beauty or interest, Clarice defends plain talk as apology.
A brief quarrel over loyalty to liberty features a quoted exchange about trust in a nation. A tongue in cheek note about imported breakfast robes and a manager’s advertising idea for ladies’ smoking jackets hint at satire in the periodical.
Fragmentary note mentions prehistoric oysters found in the Potomac River and a casual remark about eating them recently. The text blends old times with a knightly tone and a reference to a Lady Jane, suggesting a garbled historical or literary fragment.
The fragment records a intimate letter from a wife to her traveling husband. It references thoughts of him, dreaming while sleeping, and waking to his bathrobe on the bedpost. The piece reads as personal, with occasional garbled lines about cars and rural chatter.
A discarded line from a modernist author laments that the dream girl has married another, ending all hope of winning her. A friend counters that she may return to the project by this time next year, keeping a wary, humorous tone.
A quirky exchange unfolds between Old Mr Fowler and Young Miss Galdilox as they discuss learning and affection. The scene hints at an unconventional tutor theme with potential romantic undertones amid witty banter.
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